A Middlesbrough man accused of murdering a 14-month-old baby was "jealous, controlling and manipulative", a court heard.

A Middlesbrough man accused of murdering a 14-month-old baby was "jealous, controlling and manipulative", a court heard.

Richard Baxter, 30, is charged with murdering Jake Baxter, the son of his girlfriend Paula Moore, in a violent assault during which he bit him on both sides of his face.

Medical evidence showed Jake had six severe internal head injuries, as well as 27 external fresh injuries on his body, and was bleeding in both eyes when he was admitted to hospital. He later died of brain damage.

Yesterday, a consultant forensic psychiatrist told the jury Baxter suffered from a severe personality disorder which would have been made worse by his drug and alcohol abuse.

Christopher Green told the court Baxter had shown psychotic symptoms in his behaviour, where he was "not in touch with reality".

Miss Moore previously told the court Baxter was constantly accusing her of sleeping with other men, believed she was trying to poison him and would tie her leg to his in bed so she couldn't leave in the night.